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Jia Juanzhi
Western Han man from Luoyang, great-grandson of Jia Yi, who urged Emperor Yuan to abandon Zhuya commandery; he was executed in 43 BCE after clashing with the eunuch Shi Xian.
At dawn in a palace courtyard, a large drum hangs in a small roofed frame beside a red pillar, with a bound bundle of scrolls on a low stand in front; a stone balustrade leads toward a large hall in the mist, and a row of tiny people stands far away.
Also known as Courtesy name Junfang · Jia Junfang
Jia Juanzhi, courtesy name Junfang, came from Luoyang and was a great-grandson of Jia Yi, a Western Han political writer. Under Emperor Yuan he submitted memorials on policy and was called to wait in attendance at Jinma Gate, repeatedly attacking the palace secretary Shi Xian and never receiving a substantive post. When Zhuya commandery rebelled in the Chuyuan years, he opposed sending troops and urged abandoning the commandery, with Chancellor Yu Dingguo's support; the emperor ordered it abolished, and his reply on abandoning Zhuya is in the Han History. He later joined Yang Xing in flattering Shi Xian to win office, but Shi Xian turned the move against him, charging him with leaking secrets and deceiving the throne, and he was executed in 43 BCE.
Life and times
Dates Birth unknown; died 43 BCE